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Elizabeth Bruenig

Elizabeth Bruenig is an opinion writer at The Atlantic and a former reporter-researcher at The New Republic.

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March 16, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
How Did Sex Become So Boring?
Once a political act, it's now all about self-discovery
March 10, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Poor People Don't Need Better Social Norms. They Need Better Social Policies.
What David Brooks doesn't understand about poverty
March 9, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In Philosophy Doesn't Just Ignore Disadvantaged Women. It Hurts Their Cause.
March 6, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Catholic Church Opposes the Death Penalty. Why Don't White Catholics?
March 5, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Why Conservatives' Prison Reform Plans Won't Work
March 4, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Marco Rubio and Mike Lee Want You to Have Kids—Unless You're Poor
March 2, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
What Leonard Nimoy Meant to My Nerdy Mother in 1970s Texas
March 2, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Fear of a Radical Pope
The conservative struggle for the future (and past) of the Catholic church
February 26, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
What Compelled O'Reilly and Williams to Make Up War Stories?
February 26, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Making Christianity Our National Religion Would Be Terrible for Christianity
February 25, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Failure of Macho Christianity
February 23, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Problem With Patricia Arquette's Oscar Speech
February 22, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Is Obama a Christian or Not? It's Almost Impossible to Say.
February 20, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
What Some Conservatives Call Kids Now: "Human Capital"
February 20, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Rudy Giuliani's Big Government of the Soul
February 19, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Death of American Unions Is Killing American Marriage
February 18, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Is ISIS Authentically Islamic? Ask Better Questions.
The pitched battle of religious legitimacy.
February 17, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
'Fifty Shades of Grey' Wants You to Kneel and Submit to Income Inequality
February 11, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Chapel Hill Murders Should Be a Wake-Up Call for Atheists
February 9, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Conservatives Have Stooped to Defending the Horrific Crusades

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